Where does “mercato” come from?

mercato (Italian) comes from Latin mercatus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

mercato (Italian): market

Definitions

  1. market

Ancestry of “mercato”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmercatustrade, traffic, buying and selling; market,...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “mercato”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →